 A million petty disputes build up the greatest cause of war the world has ever seen. If Germany were extinguished to-morrow, the day after to-morrow there is not an Englishman in the world who would not be the richer. Nations have fought for years over...  Patriotism and Empire - Page 56by John Mackinnon Robertson - 1899 - 208 pagesFull view - About this book
 | Herbert Wescott Fisher - 1927 - 234 pages
...Daily Mail): Britain must "roll France in mud and blood." Britain to Germany (1897, Saturday Review): "If Germany were extinguished tomorrow, the day after...or a right of succession; must they not fight for 250 million pounds of commerce? . . . England has awakened to what is alike inevitable and her best... | |
 | 1915 - 892 pages
...literature against Germany? Here is a specimen from one of our most prominent and intellectual journals: — 'If Germany were extinguished tomorrow, the day after...hundred and fifty million pounds of yearly commerce?' 1 Policy, playing on ignorance, — that is the origin of wars. But why the policy? What is it aiming... | |
 | 1915 - 980 pages
...Here is a specimen from one of aost prominent and intellectual ils: — Germany were extinguished toie day after to-morrow there is not an Englishman in...hundred and fifty million pounds of yearly commerce?' l Policy, playing on ignorance, — that is the origin of wars. But why the policy? What is it aiming... | |
 | 1915 - 880 pages
...intellectual journals: — 'If Germany were extinguished tomorrow, the day after to-morrow there 517 is not an Englishman in the world who would not be...hundred and fifty million pounds of yearly commerce?' 1 Policy, playing on ignorance, — that is the origin of wars. But why the policy? What is it aiming... | |
 | University of Chicago - 1916 - 288 pages
...tinned meat, from temperance to trade gin, the German and the Englishman are struggling to be first. A million petty disputes build up the greatest cause...is not an Englishman in the world who would not be richer. Nations have fought for years over a city or a right of succession. Must they not fight for... | |
 | 1915 - 1102 pages
...1897 an English admiral in the " Fortnightly Review " declared that " if Germany were extinguished to-morrow there is not an Englishman in the world who would not be richer." In 1912 Bernhardi's book stated more clearly than previous writers the aspirations and dangers... | |
 | Peter Edgerly Firchow - 1986 - 262 pages
...more of a commerical emphasis. "If Germany were extinguished tomorrow," Harris confidently predicts, "the day after tomorrow there is not an Englishman in the world who would not be the richer." Moreover, and more important, Harris adds, anticipating Admiral Fisher by nearly a decade, it is in... | |
 | John Cunningham Wood - 1996 - 444 pages
...tinned meat, from temperance to trade gin, the German and the Englishman are struggling to be first. A million petty disputes build up the greatest cause...is not an Englishman in the world who would not be richer. Nations have fought for years over a city or a right of succession; must they not fight for... | |
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